Background COVID-19 is rapidly spreading across the world; by the end of March 2021, Kenya had reported a total number of 132,635 confirmed cases with 2,147 deaths. To reduce the …
Completed projects
Background In the last six years, progress has been made in Samburu County on reproductive, maternal and new-born health (RMNH) outcomes. Funded by the M-Pesa Foundation, Amref Health Africa and …
Background The first case of COVID-19 was reported in Wuhan City, China in December 2019. The pandemic spread fast around the globe, with Kenya reporting its first case in March …
Background This project supported the implementation of the ‘Building the COVID-19 Health Workforce in Africa through online learning”. The 12-month intervention aimed at expanding COVID-19 training for health workers in …
Background Samburu is one of the most marginalised counties in Kenya (second poorest in the country) with four out of five people living on less than $1 per day. Most …
Background The prevalence of infectious diseases (IDs) are a significant burden to Kenya’s health system and overall prosperity. HIV/AIDs, Tuberculosis (TB), malaria and diarrhoeal diseases are among the leading causes …
Background I4L supports entrepreneurs in the development of innovative, sustainable and scalable solutions for a healthy Africa. I4L specifically focuses on the ‘missing middle’ – a growing community of entrepreneurs …
Background Amref Health Africa through the Institute of Capacity Development (ICD) implemented a two year (June 2018 – May 2020) Infectious Diseases (IDs) project across 4 counties (Nairobi, Kakamega, Nyeri …
Background Health systems in Kenya are constrained by insufficient financial resources, a shortage and poor distribution of healthcare workers, weaknesses in legislation and information systems and a lack of management …
